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PELL et al. v. PROCUNIER, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR, et al.

Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: April 16, 1974
Decided: June 24, 1974
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell

PELL et al. v. PROCUNIER, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1974. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 1974.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Journalist, columnist, member of the news media
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: California
Citation: 417 U.S. 817
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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